TiriTiri matanig island trip

Hi, bloggers last Thursday, the senior school went on a trip to Tiritiri Matangi Island. The island is made up of animals and birds that are native, endemic and introduced. We took the bus to Auckland Habour then walked to the ferry and got on, but before that we had to scrub our shoes because they don't want any pests and insects on the island like beetles, slugs, cockroaches and maggots. When we got on the ferry we got a speech by the capatin telling us about what we are going to do. Then we got to eat morning tea. After that groups started going to the top of the ferry to have a look. We stopped at some different islands to pick up people, then we were off to Tiritiri. When we got to Tiritiri we sat in our groups, then a lady from the island talked about how to take care of the island and how we could show respect to the animls and birds there. Then after that we got to go exploring - Yah! We saw many diffrent birds like Stitch bird, Tui, Robin and a Whitehead. When we got to the lighthouse we had our lunch, and after we finished we did some activites. One of the activites was find out some information in the vistors centre and another was going up to the light house. After all that it was question time. At the end we went down to the beach and there were a lot of people with cuts, from the oysters. Then it was time to get back on the ferry and back to Auckland we came. Then we travelled back to school and got picked up by our parents. Bye Bye Tiritiri

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I thought that Tiritiri was a really fun adventure and I would want to visit the island again. I learnt that there was a Kawakawa tree that didn't burn. All of us had a really fun time so that was the best time that I had.

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